Ecology, conservation, evolution. Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.
Brad Murray
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My article for the 2025 AWS Wildlife Ecology Research Scholarship is now available to read in the summer ‘26 magazine! I’m extremely grateful for the support the Australia Wildlife Society has provided for my project.
Grab a copy here: www.aws.org.au/magazine/
One of my favourites, Pimelea linifolia from the lower Blue Mountains (NSW Australia)
Cats and foxes did it.
Leading Scientists refute "Invasive Species Denialism", reaffirming introduced predators as a major cause of mammal extinctions.
biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/leading...
New #FireEcology article 🚨 "Moisture content ranges in live Eucalyptus leaves vary among species and strongly affect ignitability" by William McNeice, Anne Griebel, Daniel W. Krix, Brad R. Murray, Matthias M. Boer, Brendan Choat, and Rachael H. Nolan #SNFECO 🔥Read it here: https://ow.ly/e5CB50YbQBM
More than 100,000 reads so far. Thank you everyone for engaging with our article and this vitally important conservation issue.
An excellent and thorough rebuttal of the extremely flawed paper by Wallach & Lundgren (2025).
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Brad Murray
Liv De La Mare
With all of the bad stuff in the world currently, including in science, it was great to chat to @virginiagewin.bsky.social for @nature.com about a good day in science.
For me, it's burning a new species on our plant BBQ. Even better when it is done with school kids!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia?
TLDR: yes, in many scenarios, especially when used in conjunction with other fire mitigation measures
by @ericamarshall.bsky.social @trentpenman.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wildfire research focuses on beech forests
Here's what PhD student Georgia Stevenson has been up to...
@bioeconomyscience.bsky.social
www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz/news-and-eve...
25 leading conservation scientists, ecologists, and mammal experts refute the controversial claim that there is "little evidence" that introduced cats and foxes have caused extinctions in Australia.
biodiversitycouncil.org.au
Brad Murray
PhD opportunity: Maximising the resilience of grasslands in an age of rapid environmental change
Brief Project Summary: This project aims to address the significant knowledge gap of how species composition may change due to extreme rainfall events (droughts and flooding rainfall), grazing and…
Struggling to remember why you picked a career in science? Here are some heart-warming tales to jog your memory.
www.nature.com
Association for Fire Ecology
Fire management under changing climatic conditions presents several challenges, including the need to manage fire regimes for multiple objectives, suc…
Brief Project Summary: This project aims to address the significant knowledge gap of how species composition may change due to extreme rainfall events (droughts and flooding rainfall), grazing and nutrient addition, and in-turn, quantify the loss of ecosystem function resulting from species turnover. Further, this project will identify species that contribute the most to function.
"Some have argued the impact of introduced species has been overstated, and that introduced species should be seen as a legitimate part of Australia’s ecosystems. Scientific evidence and conservation outcomes do not support this." theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca... - @aunz.theconversation.com
Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
Decades of evidence link foxes and feral cats with extinctions of Australian mammals. Claims these introduced predators aren’t responsible don’t stack up.
theconversation.com
Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS
Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS
Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).
